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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HAP.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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HAP,
fortune, chance, accident. (Scand.) M.E. hap, happ; P.
Plowman, B. xii. 108; Layamon, 816, 3857.—Icel.
happ, hap, chance, good luck. Cf. A.S. gehæp, fit;
Ælfric's Colloquy, in Thorpe's Analecta, p. 21, l. 7; also A.S. mægenhæp.
full of strength, módhæp, full of courage, Grein, ii. 219, 259.
¶
The W. hap, luck, hap, chance, must be borrowed from E.; but the Irish cobh,
victory, triumph, is prob. cognate. Der. happ-y, orig. lucky, Pricke
of Conscience, 1334; happ-i-ly, happ-i-ness; hap-less, Gascoigne, Fruits of War,
st. 108; hap-less-ly; hap-ly, Shak. Two Gent. i. 1. 32 (hap-pily in the same
sense, Meas. iv. 2. 98); hap-hazard, Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 578 (R.); happ-en,
verb, q.v.; mis-hap, per-haps.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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